Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund (the “Fund”) (GER) is pleased to announce its quarterly distribution of $0.16 per common share, the same as the previous quarter. The Fund began trading on the NYSE on September 26, 2014.

Closed-end municipal bond funds bucked an otherwise dismal December and an equity fund focused on Mexico managed decent gains, even as other bond and equity counterparts took a beating amid the market rout. Municipal debt CEFs posted an average return of 1.1% in December, even as closed-end bond funds as a whole saw declines of 0.37% in net asset value and 1.5% on a market basis, according to Lipper's FundMarket Insight Report. Closed-end equity funds were hit even harder, with a 6.13% decline in net asset value and an 8.53% slide on a market basis.

EDMONTON , Aug. 29, 2018 /CNW/ - Altiplano Metals Inc. (APN:TSXV) (ALTPF:OTCQB) (GER) ("APN" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has arranged a non-brokered private placement (the "Offering") of up to 4,000,000 units (the "Units") at C$0.25 per Unit to raise up to C$1,000,000 in gross proceeds. Each Unit will consist of one (1) common share and one (1) non-transferable share purchase warrant (the "Warrants") of the Company. Each Warrant will be exercisable to acquire one (1) additional common share for two years from the closing date of the Offering at a price of C$0.35 per share. The Company may pay finder's fees raised in connection with the financing to arm's length finders in accordance with the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange and as permitted by law. Completion of the Offering is subject to the delivery of definitive subscription agreements and TSX Venture Exchange's acceptance. All of the securities issued pursuant to this Offering will have a hold period expiring four months and a day after the closing date. The net proceeds of the Offering will be used primarily for the Company's Farallon Project, Chile , and for general working capital purposes.

EDMONTON , Aug. 22, 2018 /CNW/ - Altiplano Metals Inc. (APN:TSXV) (ALTPF:OTCQB) (GER) ("APN" or the "Company") is pleased to report the results of the 5,000 tonne bulk sample of the 395M northeast zone ("Bulk Sample") at the historic Farellon Copper Gold Mine ("Farellon") near La Serena, Chile . During the last quarter, the Company concluded the Bulk Sample with a total of 4,453 tonnes of copper-bearing material having been extracted from the 395M level. This material was sent to various processing facilities and sold as either copper-bearing material or copper concentrate.

EDMONTON , Aug. 8, 2018 /CNW/ - Altiplano Metals Inc. (APN:TSXV) (ALTPF:OTCQB) (GER) ("APN" or the "Company") is pleased to report on progress at the historic Farellon Copper-Gold Mine ("Farellon") near La Serena, Chile . CEO John Williamson stated, "Our in-country team continues to advance exploration at Farellon with the goal of developing a long term plan. As new observations and data have become available, we have been continually evaluating extraction methods and processing options to form a basis for future economic studies to assess the potential for scalable extraction scenarios, as well as the possibility of initiating commercial operations. With the discovery of wider Cu-Au mineralized zones in the northeast 395M level, the Company has also recommenced advancement of the Hugo decline to the northeast to gain access to the wider zone with the goal of intersecting the Farellon vein system up to 50 m below the current development.